The regression continues.
Louisville remains ofer Littlejohn.
Clemson had lost four in a row coming in. Including Ls to underwhelming Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
No problem against a Cardinal team that has lost its way.
If in truth it knew where it was going ever.
It’s like the agent at AAA gave them the wrong TripTik.
And they stayed the route anyway.
Clemson 80, Louisville 75.
Let there be no confusement.
At one juncture late, the Cards had made but one of 16 triples in the 2d. Until they went on a garbage time heater, netting four in a row.
It made the final tally look somewhat presentable.
Big whoop!
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Louisville fashioned a nine point run, including two steals, to take an 11-7 lead.
Then coughed it up three straight trips to fall behind 11-13.
A late in the clock prayer of a triple and U of L led 14-13 with 12:52 left in the 1st.
It was the Last Hurrah.
Louisville remained a step slow the rest of the way.
That the Cardinals were only down 35-38 at intermission gave false hope.
They fell behind by nine by the first media stoppage of the 2d.
Play by play guy Kevin Brown described the Cards as “disheveled.”
Astute.
I turned to Doc and Smarts and inquired.
“All who think the Cards can win this raise their hand.”
None were seen.
Smarts offered this understatement, “The Cards are not trending toward a W.”
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U of L continued its nasty (and fatal) habit of fouling indiscriminately.
They were outscored by 17 at the stripe. And by 7 in points off turnovers.
The difference. Easily.
U of L despite its lackluster play had five more FGs, and a couple more triples. But gave it away 11 times, against only a dozen assists.
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Nothing else to say.
— c d kaplan
Last one out, turn off the lights.
It’s hard to believe that PK said this team could be elite in the Rat Poison interview. The only player who has gotten better is Zougris and he shouldn’t be getting more than 5-7 minutes. I guess you could make a case for Woolley but I think it is just getting court time.
This team’s offense looks just like the Golden State Warriors.
Witness self desruction.It starts at the top. No effective analysis nor solutions provided. Same ridiculous repetition of play that makes all Quad 1’s look like Duke against us. The amount of turnovers at this level reflects poor coaching or ill-equipped players. The failure to finish 2’s unmolested at the rim is a function of game anxiety or lack of focus. Coachable?
Most glaring is the decomposition of so many players: Fru, Rooths, Wooley, Rogers, the other “big”, Pryor(injury noted), McKinnley and last but not least “all world” Mikel Brown(injury? noted). Both he and Conwell make turnovers the same as blind cave fish have learned to avoid. Brown makes poor and juvenile basketball decisions. It really costs us. Who has improved? As mentioned above, Zougris. And Hadley, sneaky good but indecisive.
See y’all next year.
“So let it be written; so let it be done”
Thanks DoughBoy ! Now we can get back to Transactional Regime Change & more distraction from Epstein ! Whatta world ‼️
What’s the spread on Iran v Epstein?
If we don’t win these last 2 we are definitely looking at another 8-9 game in the NCAA’s. Which likely results in another one and done.